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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Berkowitz to join Appel, Mullins and Johnston tonight on Roeser's radio show

Jeff Berkowitz will join Republican political consultant and analyst Charlie Johnston (worked on the 2006 McSweeney for 8th CD U. S. Rep. campaign); Brendan Appel, Republican challenger to State Senator Jeff Schoenberg (D-Evanston); and Eugene Mullins, Communications Director to Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, as a guest tonight on Tom Roeser’s weekly, Sunday, call-in radio show, Political Shoot-out, WLS 890 AM Radio, from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm.******************************************************You say you don't live within the WLS broadcast area? Not to worry. You can go here to listen to the program, live, on the web.[You may encounter some technical problems in signing on-- allow five minutes, or so, for following the prompts for technical difficulties, and you should be able to hear WLS live on the web] See here for Tom’s Blog which has Tom's thoughts on a great many matters, political and otherwise.

Upset with something Berkowitz said on his show [www.PublicAffairsTv.com] or the [Public Affairs YouTube.com page], something he wrote on this blog or just the way he looks? Tom Roeser’s show on Sunday night is your chance to fire back. A free fire zone, so to speak. Also, you can help shape the show and its topics by calling in with your questions and comments—312-591-8900. Obama mamas (Bean), McCain mavericks (Kirk)Democrats, Republicans, 700 Billion dollar Bailout promoters (Kirk, Bean and Fred Barnes), Libertarians, Independents, Communists [no collect calls, please], Palin critics, Palin groupies, Biden mistake defenders, gun grabbers, backstabbers, gun clingers, gun slingers, outside agitators and others are, of course, all welcome.

Is McCain losing the election because he ·Made half arguments on Ayers and Acorn·Never raised Pastor Wright and Obama’s twenty year association with a guy who said, on video, God Damn America·Never raised the radical education views of Ayers and the close association of Ayers and Obama on Ayers' so called education reform.·Never effectively raised Obama’s close ties to indicated felon Tony Rezko.·Never effectively made the argument that Obama did nothing to take on public corruption in Illinois and in the Democratic Party ·Made half arguments on tax cuts, never effectively challenged Obama on his tax cuts proposals? ·Did not challenge Obama on his capital gains tax increase·Did not Challenge Obama on his payroll tax increase? ·Never effectively raised the twelve state voter fraud challenges of Acorn·Never argued for two party government in Washington, DC.·Never explained his health care proposal well.

--Can Joe the Plumber unclog the blocked arteries of the McCain campaign?

-- Did the bailout flop?

--Can McCain not survive his inability to speak clearly, cogently and persuasively about his views?

This reporter doesn't know the topics for tonight—they are determined by Mr. Roeser, with some incisive suggestions, no doubt, by his lovely, energetic and intelligent wife Lillian. However, an educated guess is that the questions will consist of various Illinois, national and Presidential political issues, possibly selected from the above, or below, questions, some of which are holdovers from prior episodes of "Political Shootout," or "Public Affairs."

Of course, you can call and ask any of the below questions or whatever you like. As with University of Chicago Ph. D. prelim questions in economics over the years, many of the questions on Political Shoot-out stay the same each week, only the answers change [or do they?]. And you are Free to Choose, so to speak, as this is the land of Milton Friedman, the late, great Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics from the University of Chicago [WWMFS, i.e., what would Milton Friedman say? is the question we classically ask, followed with:

--Is there something fishy about the compensation of WTTW's, NBC-5's and the Sun-Times Carol Marin?

--Did WTTW's Joel Weisman get it way wrong when he stated on a recent Chicago Week in Review that "the only difference on economic issues [between Obama and McCain] is that Obama wants to lower taxes on the 'middle,' class."

--Did none of the panelists challenge Weisman because (a)they all share his liberal bias, (b) they are all wusses, (c) some are conflicted because they are clients of Weisman, (d) all of the above, (e) none of the above

--Does Weisman have a major league conflict of interest that nobody in the MSM wants to raise? Why?

--Why did only one member of the MSM go after State's Attorney candidate Anita Alvarez (D) for her bizarre defense of taking contributions from those "under investigation."

--Are the MSM generally in the tank for Alvarez?

--Do the MSM think Alvarez ought to be able to gerrymander the questions she gets in a presser?

--Does Obama's presence at the top of the ballot give Seals an increasingly small chance to beat suburban agenda Kirk? Are both Seals and Kirk playing a prevent defense? Isn't that a dumb strategy for Seals?

--What do Seals and Oberweis have in common?

-Is WTTW's Chicago Tonight in need of an aggressive political interviewer to boost its sagging ratings and its lack of balance? Which cable TV personality in the Chicago Metro area could provide it?

--Does the City Club of Chicago exhibit bad judgment or bias in it's decisions as to whom to invite or not to invite to speak to the Club.

--When the City Club of Chicago invited Republican Cong. Kirk to speak, it followed up on that with an invitation to his opponent, Democrat Dan Seals, to speak. Why were Democrat Seals and 8th CD Republican Nominee Steve Greenberg treated differently by the City Club of Chicago? Liberal Democratic Bias? *************************************Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. *************************************************************"Public Affairs," is a weekly political interview show airing in Chicago on CANTV, in the Chicago metro area and in Aurora on Comcast and also often on the Illinois Channel. You can watch the shows, including archived shows going back to 2005, here. **************************************************Recently posted shows on the Public Affairs YouTube page now include shows taped on October 12 with Senator Rutherford and former Republican Primary candidate for Governor Ron Gidwitz, a show taped Sep. 30 with Cong. Don Manzullo (R-Egan, 16th CD) about his no vote on the bailout, jobs, trade and other issues related to his election contest with Democrat Robert Abboud, a show taped Sunday, Sep. 28, 2008 with State Rep. Julie Hamos (D-Evanston) and a show taped on Sunday, Sep. 21,2008 with 16th Cong. Dist. Democatic Nominee Robert Abboud (D-Barrington Hills), two shows featuring clips and interviews, primarily from theDemocratic and Republican National Party conventions, go here to watch 2nd Convention clip show and shows with Cook County Cmsr. and Obama Media Team Member Forrest Claypool and much more.**********************************************************************